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Shall I mortice out the sides of the back of the faceplates so that the center will fill that slight recess between the heatsinks? If so I'll need the distance between the heatsinks, and the distance of the recess in SAE measurements. To the nearest 32nd would be fine. From just looking at the pic I'd guess it to be about 3/16", is that close? Those are seriously sweet looking cases Marc! Did you have that perforated aluminum anodized, or did you find it this way?

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You dissin' The Boss sucka?

Happy Birthday!

The thing I discovered about the Zapfilter though, is that it seems to impart it's own sound sig. on everything it's connected to. Not sure that's a bad thing, because it sounds good, but I'm wanting to hear another discrete output stage to judge. Good to see you over here Brian!

^ Is that the Statue of Liberty in the mushroom cloud?

His name is fitting anyway.

Excellent!

Billy, your ass is most likely still warm from where the Doctor slapped it.

We get along great. I didn't sence any animosity. I agree with what's been said about Ray, and I think I was unclear about my meaning in my earlier post. Whether or not you like Ray's amps, I doubt anyone would argue that Ray provides good customer service and he doesn't run his customers through the ringer.

Opamps killed my dog just for spite.

Let me be clear that I only used Ray as an example of fanboyism. I too agree that Ray would never send something like this out. He's far too smart a business man to ever consider it. And I do believe that Ray wants to turn out a good product and provide good service. I believe that Ray does provide good customer service, and I make no comparison between he and Mikhail.

Congrats! They seem to fit on the stand well too, yay. Experiment with toe in to find your sweet spot.

BTW it goes without saying that if a completely new amp is built for Dan, and he may want a custom wood case or faceplate, or any item for the amp from wood, I would be very happy to supply it at no charge.

Agreed. However at this point I'd say sending the amp back to Mikhail and hoping to see it again would be out of the question. If he's willing to fly out and repair it like he did for Tom, then I think it's fair to give him that chance. I still feel that he's grossly overcharged for his services, but that's a lost cause at this point I guess. Of coarse poor Dan has to make these decisions though.

Well it looks pretty obvious that no woodwork will be needed, and you sure as hell don't want me soldering anything, so my wallet is in standby mode for whatever donation is needed. This is a great time to rally around Dan and get this taken care of. I love this place.

Hope you get to go somewhere nice. I wasn't aware that you lived in Santa Barbara. That's a gorgeous town! I spent a week at the Montecito Inn in about '93, and I fell in love with SB.

Why? You know more than I do then, I wasn't even aware that her guns shot bullets. I have a totally ridiculous prejudism against guns. It's got nothing to do with any moral issue whatsoever, and I'd never ask anyone to give up their firearms. I don't mind others having guns at all, but when I was 11 years old I wanted a bike for Christmas. My Dad wanted to get me a rifle just like he bought both of my older Brothers rifles for their 11th year Christmas presents. Nevermind that I was quite vocal about the fact that I didn't give a rats ass about ever owning a gun. My Mom did her best to try and persuade him to buy me the bike I wanted, but his machismo won out and I got a fucking rifle, and still had to walk wherever I went. I refused to ever fire that rifle. And 30 years later I gave it to my nephew, still unfired (is unfired a word?). Wow, I feel better now! Thanks for letting me rant.

I'll have to settle for having a woody when I'm listening to them. I am building a new wall rack to hold them and two circumaural headphones though. And I have plans to build a really cool looking custom box for them, utilizing the stock foam. I'll be receiving one of Duggeh's masterful Orthodomes that will be woodied, and I have a pair of T50RPs that will get the woody treatment ala Smeggy design. Then I still have my modded HD580. So I'm already building back up, and I imagine I'll have some HD800s sometime this year. Nugget Audio just built me a gorgeous one, along with several other K1000 adaptors to take care of any situation I may encounter. Talk to Nate and see what his schedual is.

Nobody can make the decision for you, but I will say that I'm very, very happy with my K1000. It has impressed me beyond my expectations. It has become and will remain my main heaphone. Unlike some I also find it quite comfortable. I prefer it to the better stats I've heard (007 Mk1, Lambda, Lambda Pro, Sigma Pro, HE60 & ESP950), but that's just me. I've never been as fully impressed with stats as others have.

It will also be one of the easiest swap outs, should it ever need to be replaced. Very nice rig you have there now Blackmore! Enjoy it!

You do know that your first obligation is to try out internet porn on that monster, and let us know the results forthwith?

Keep in mind that your incoming β22 amp is a very high end headphone amp, and try to match it with a DAC of the same level. It will be grossly undersourced as it stands. There are more and more high end DACs popping up with USB. I agree that if your CPU is going to be your main transport a USB DAC is the way to go.

Sounds interesting.

If memory serves I think he asked about Cocobolo. I used to have a habit of making stands and just sending them out unannounced. Kind of a thank you for some, and just a here ya go, usually for students or someone who I thought made good contributions to the forum. They were almost always made from extra materials I had in the shop. In his case he PMed me asking about a stand, but complaining he didn't have much money. I didn't know him at all at the time, and usually if someone asks or hints around for a freebie they'll never see one. But I saw he was a kid, and I guess I assumed he had no money. So I had some Cherry laying around and made a stand and even payed the shipping. You can guess how I felt about him after his PM. Never once did he say thanks for the stand either. I thought about asking him to ship it back on the pretense of making him a new one, and then just letting him hang. He just wasn't worth the effort though.